How have trends in lifespan variation changed since 1950? A comparative study of 17 Western European countries.

Eur J Public Health · 2016 · PMC4804734 · PMID 26614636

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a slightly increasing trendno p-value reported

Acknowledging the sometimes wide confidence intervals, Scotland has been experiencing a slightly increasing trend since 1989 (95% CI 1986–1993) with an APC of 0.1% (−0.0 to 0.1).

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Women For women, all countries show a general decreasing trend since 1950, with some short periods of increasing lifespan variation, before returning to a decreasing trend.

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